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Chiaki J. Konaka (小中 千昭, Konaka Chiaki, born April 4, 1961) is a Japanese writer and novelist. He was the head writer of the anime series Serial Experiments Lain and Digimon Tamers, as well as the television drama Ultraman Gaia.

Personal life

Konaka gave himself the middle initial "J", evoking the Christian name "John", due to him being born to parents who were members of the Anglican Church, but he does not identify as Christian. He began using the middle initial at the age of 12, when he began making 8 mm films; he patterned the style after Western names such as Charles M. Schulz.

In 2021, Konaka kept a blog meant for retrospective commentary from rewatching Digimon Tamers but also posted his beliefs in conspiracy theories, such as 9/11 and COVID-19 misinformation. Konaka's views became more publicized after writing an audio drama for Digimon Tamers' 20th anniversary that was performed at DigiFes 2021, an official Digimon event held annually on August 1. The audio drama featured the cast of the show fighting against a villainous entity named "political correctness" that uses "cancel culture" as an attack. The audio drama was met with American/Western centric backlash. On August 8, 2021, Konaka issued an apology for creating controversy, clarifying that he had written the script out of frustration of mainstream media excluding "counter perspectives" and alternative journalists being excluded from major platforms and the Japanese government's response to handling the COVID-19 pandemic.

Artistry and themes

Konaka's serious works generally have a dark, psychological tone. As a Cthulhu Mythos writer, he tends to add Lovecraftian elements to his works. He has cited Ghost Hound as his favorite screenwriting project.

List of works

Anime

• Air Gear: Series composition, script
• Armitage III: Screenplay
• Astro Boy (2003): Script
• The Big O: Screenplay, script
• Birdy the Mighty: Screenplay
• Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040: Screenplay
• Catnapped!: Screenplay
• Despera: Script
• Devil Lady: Script (episodes 1–5, 8, 12, 18, 25–26), series composition
• Digimon Adventure 02: Scenario (episode 13)
• Digimon Tamers: Series composition, script (episodes 1–3, 7, 13–14, 23–24, 34–35, 41, 44–45, 49–51)
• Futari Ecchi: Script
• Gasaraki: Script
• Ghost Hound: Series composition, screenplay
• GR: Giant Robo: Series composition
• Hellsing: Series composition, script (episodes 1–6, 8–9, 11–13)
• Magic User's Club: Script (eps 2–6), novelization (1,2,5,6)
• Malice@Doll: Script, original story
• Parasite Dolls: Script
• Princess Tutu: Script (4, 9, 22, 23)
• RahXephon: Screenplay (episodes 11–12, 17–18, 24–25)
• RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio: Screenplay
• Serial Experiments Lain: Miniseries composition, script
• Shadow Star: Series composition, script (eps 1–3, 12–13)
• Texhnolyze: Series composition, script, scenario (episodes 1–4, 6, 12, 20–22)
• Vampire Princess Miyu: Script (ep 20)

Television dramas

• Ultraman Tiga
• Ultraman Gaia
• Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
• Ultraman Max

Cthulhu Mythos

• Cthulhu's Strange Record
• Insumasu wo Oou Kage (a Japanese television adaptation of The Shadow Over Innsmouth)
• "Terror Rate", a short story included in Volume 2 of the Lairs of the Hidden Gods anthology (Kurodahan Press: ISBN 4-902075-12-1)

Novel

• Marebito (also screenplay of 2004 feature film)

References

1. ^ Seraphita, Nicole (June 23, 2015). "Interview with Screenwriter Chiaki J. Konaka". APGNation. Archived from the original on June 24, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ann 2021-08-04 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
3. Morissy, Kim (2021-08-09). "Digimon Tamers Writer Chiaki J. Konaka Responds to Overseas Backlash Over 20th Anniversary Stage Play". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
4. Bush, Laurence (2001). Asian Horror Encyclopedia. Writers Club Press. pp. 101–102. ISBN 0-595-20181-4.
5. "Ask John: Is There Any Lovecraftian Anime?". AnimeNation. 2002-08-13. Archived from the original on 2005-01-07. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
6. "Air Gear DVD 1 - Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
7. "Armitage III Perfect Collection - Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
8. "Astro Boy [2003] - Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
9. "The Big O - Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
10. "Birdy the Mighty VHS 1 - Double Trouble - Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
11. "Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Complete Collection". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
12. "The Mike Toole Show -The Other 100 Best Anime Movies of All Time, Part 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
13. "Yoshitoshi ABe's Despera Project is Moving Forward With New Director". Anime News Network. January 10, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
14. デビルマンレディー (in Japanese). TMS Entertainment. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
15. ^ "CJK's Profile". Konaka (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 15, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
16. ""Digimon Tamers" Blu-ray Box to Include Newly-Recorded Special Drama". Crunchyroll. October 2, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
17. "デジモンテイマーズ感想" (in Japanese). Retrieved January 11, 2019.
18. "Step Up Love Story Sub.DVD 2 - Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
19. "Gasaraki (TV) - Anime News Network". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
20. "Ghost Hound Blu-Ray - Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
21. "GR ジャイアントロボ プラチナセット(DVD＋CD＋爆裂造形フィギュア応募券) Vol.3 【DVD】" (in Japanese). Rakuten. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
22. ^ "Chiaki J. Konaka & Junichi Fujisaku double interview (1)". Production I.G. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
23. "Done with Computers - The Mike Toole Show". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
24. Browne, Nicoletta Christina. "THEM Anime Reviews 4.0 - Parasite Dolls". themanime.org. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
25. "Princess Tutu - Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
26. "RahXephon DVD 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
27. "Rahxephon: Pluralitas Concentio DVD - Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
28. "なるたるアニメ版逐話読解" (in Japanese). Yahoo! GeoCities. Archived from the original on January 11, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
29. "Texhnolyze DVD 1 - Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 11, 2019.

External links

• Official website
• Bear Brothers Ltd.
• Blog by the lecturers of the Screenwriting Course at Eigabi School
• Chiaki Konaka at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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